Multilingual Folk Tale Database

Aarne-Thompson-Uther Classification of Folk Tales

92: The Lion in the Water

The hare, sent to be the lion's dinner, says he has been detained by a more powerful enemy and shows the lion his own reflection in a well. The lion leaps in and is drowned. Cf. Types 34, 34A, 1168A, 1336, 1383.

Variants

92A: Hare as Ambassador of the Moon

Hare claiming to be ambassador of moon shows elephant the moon irritated in a spring. Elephant is persuaded that the moon is angry.